Serfs' Wrath——Recollection of the Clay Sculptures

In 1974, in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the founding of Tibetan Autonomous Region, the Tibetan Revolution Exhibition Hall invited more than 10 teachers from the sculpture department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Luxun Academy of Fine Arts to create a group of sculptures with the motif of serfs' life under serfdom and their resistance.Around 40 teachers devoted themselves heart and soul to the large group of clay sculptures (consisting of over 100 full-length figures) named "Serfs' Wrath".     

NEW BOOKS

Selected Works on Historical Documents of Tibet (XXI);Collection of Journals on Tibetan Studies;Guidance to Traditional Architecture in Tibet;Concise History of Tibetan Music;Concise History of Tibetan Fine Arts;Series Books on Himalayas;Trekking in Tibet。     

The 5th Beijing International Tibetan Studies Seminar - Meeting Summary

The 5th Beijing International Tibetan Studies Seminar held in Beijing from August 2-4, 2012, was convened by the China Tibetology Research Center （CTRC）, the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture, and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences （TASS）, TAR.     

FIRST TIBETAN WEATHER OBSERVER VISITS THE SOUTH POLE

Thousands of scientists in the world have visited the South Pole for scientific survey, but one of the most unique is Benba Cering from Tibet and the first Tibetan to do the work. Sent by the Chinese Academy of Meteorology and its Tibetan Branch, he stayed at the South Pole for 15 months.Benba, now 28, graduated from the Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in 1996, and was assigned to remote sensing work in the Tibet Academy of Meteorology. Three years later, he was invited to receive tra…     

REPORT ON THE 2001 BEIJING SEMINAR ON TIBETOLOGY

The China National Center for Tibetan Studies and the Tibet Academy of Social Sciences held the2001 Beijing Seminar on Tibetology from July 25-29 at the Beijing-based China National Center for Tibetan Studies. As the fourth of its kind (the previous three were held in 1986, 1991 and 1997 respectively), it attracted some 170 Tibetan studies workers and scholars from Tibet, the Tibetan-inhabited areas in the four inland provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan and Gansu, Beijing, Shanghai…     

第六届北京(国际)藏学研讨会综述（英文）

正The 6th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies held in Beijing from August 2nd-4~(th),2016,was convened by the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture,the China Tibetology Research Center(CTRC),and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences(TASS),TAR.In total,325 scholars attended     

Picture News on The 5~(th) Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies

<正>Co-sponsored by China Tibetology Research Center(CTRC),China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture,Academy of Social Sciences of Tibetan Autonomous Region,the 5~(th) event of the Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies was held in Beijing from August 2 to August 4,2012. This seminar has invited 267 scholars in the filed of Tibetan Studies from 2I countries and regions including China,Japan,Mongolia,India,United Kingdom,France,Italy,Hungary,     

The 6th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies

The 6th Beijing International Seminar on Tibetan Studies held in Beijing from August 2nd-4th,2016,was convened by the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture,the China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC),and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences (TASS),TAR.In total,325 scholars attended the seminar,among whom 216 were Chinese and 109 were from abroad.The seminar received 416 papers and selected 308.     

Inheritance and Vicissitude of the Tibetan Diet——A Case of A Tibetan Rural Community

The dietary structure and customs of the Tibetans1 include both simple and complex elements.The transition from a diet composed mainly of tsampa and butter tea to the integration of alien and industrialized foodstuffs into the Tibetan dietary culture reflects,in a way,the processes of adaptation,integration and vicissitude of the Tibetan rural community during modernization.This article attempts to discuss the relationship between the traditional culture and modernization in Tibetan rural communities during the process of cultural interaction and modernization by studying the dietary structure and customs of Tibetan farmers in Nyang-re Township located in the north outskirts of Lhasa,Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR).     

The Tibetologist Delegation from China visited Austria, France and Portugal

From 6th to 19th April,2005,China's TibetologistDelegation headed by Prof.Lhagpa Phuntshogs,thedirector-general of the China Tibetology ResearchCenter,visited Austria,France and Portugal.The othermembers of the Delegation are Prof.TsewangJigme,director of the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences;Mr.Wankor,president of the Institute of Tibetologywith Southwest University for Nationalities;Mr.ZhangShigao,Member of the Association for Tibetan Cul-ture Preservataon and Devolopment of China;Mr.Lian Xiangmin,research fellow of China Tibetology     

第五届北京(国际)藏学研讨会综述（英文）

<正>The 5th Beijing International Tibetan Studies Seminar held in Beijing from August2-4,2012,was convened by the China Tibetology Research Center(CTRC),the China Association for Protection and Development of Tibetan Culture,and the Tibetan Academy of Social Sciences(TASS),TAR.There were 267 Tibetology scholars in attendance from21 countries and regions,including China,Japan,Mongolia,India,the United Kingdom,France,Italy,Hungary,Switzerland,Germany,Norway,the United States,and Australia.     

NEW BOOKS

40 Years of Painting and Writingin Tibet The author Han Shuli receivedhis master＇s degree from ChinaCentral Academy of Fine Artsin 1982. He has studied andworked in Tibet since 1973. Heis a member of Chinese People＇sPolitical Consultative Conference,a council member of ChinaArtists Association, Chairmanof Tibet Artists Association,President of Tibet Paintingand Calligraphy Academy, andExecutive Director of ChinaAssociation for Preservation andDevelopment of Tibetan Culture.The book consists of threesections, with totally 100 essayswritten over a period of 40 years.Each piece is about 1000 words,telling the author＇s experiencesand feelings in Tibet from botha common people＇s perspectiveand a painter＇s artistic view.The book was published byChina Tibetology Press in Oct.2013, at the price of 68 Yuan（ISBN：97878O25364181）.     

A Hollywood Master Fascinated BY TIBETAN MUSIC

正On October 13th,2015,the original dance drama,Dreams,gave its debut in the National Center for the Performing Arts.A work of traditional art of the highest quality with a modern atmosphere set in recent years,Dreams blends well the holy,secret,grand,and pure Tibetan culture and original dance with a Western     

Hand in Hand——Chairman Leqoi Visits California

Nurtured by the moist winds of the Pacific Ocean, California is a beautiful American state. Among its famous cities, San Francisco is the one "most favored by Americans".On May 28, a group of Tibetan government officials and entrepreneurs arrived in San Francisco at the start of a 10-day-long friendship visit to the city and the state at large.Meeting Mayor BrownAccompanied by Wang Yunxiang, Chinese Consul General in San Francisco, the Tibetan delegation, led by Leqoi, Chairman of the Tibet     

New Books

Tibet during the Qing Dynasty and Bnlukpa The author,Dr.Thalho from the Ethnology and Anthropology Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,wrote this book based on his wide-ranging and extensive study of historic literature in Chinese,Tibetan,Manchu and English.He sought to systematically analyze the complicated and uneasy relationship between Tibet during the Qing Dynasty and Bulukpa(today’s Bhutan).He offers a profound analysis of how the tributary system     

THE MODERNIZATION OF TIBETAN OPERA——As exemplified by the Tibetan Opera Group of the Tibet Autonomous Region

<正>Traditional Tibetan opera is classified into two categories-the folkloric Tibetan opera,which is popular in the secular world,and refined Tibetan opera that pervades in upper-class society and Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. These two aspects of Tibetan opera mainly showcase the contents and themes of Tibetan Buddhism in order to reflect     

TIBETAN LANGUAGE AND ITS TERMINOLOGY STANDARDIZATION——Introducing a New Perspective on the Standardization of Tibetan New Words andTerminology

The Tibetan language spoken by the Tibetans belongs to the Tibetan-Burmese branch of the Sino-Tibetan family. It has about six million users who live mainly in the Tibet Autonomous Region （TAR） and four other Tibetan-inhabited provinces： Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province, Gansu Province and Yunnan Province. The standardization of Tibetan terminology is an essential part of China＇s national policy on nationality and national languages. A special column named ＂Tibetan Language and its Terminology Standardization＂ is included in this issue to describe the birth, use, and development of Tibetan language especially the standardization of its new terminology.     

Padma Chogya and the Tibetan Black Ceramic Handicraft

正Walking into the Exhibition Hall located in Zone A of the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University,I began to search for Padma Chogya in the crowd.The university was undergoing its first exhibition of intangible cultural heritages,and as I was matching things up with what I had on my phone,my eyes finally fell upon a long-haired Khampa man who was busy working on a half-formed     

TIBETAN GARMENTS:A Dazzling Variety——Comments on Tibetan Garments in China

To cope with the world-wide need for more knowledge about Tibet, the Beijing Publishing House and the Tibet People's Publishing House have jointly published China Tibetan Garments. It treats Tibetan garments in terms of different locations and different types.The picture album is packaged in a box produced in a traditional Tibetan way and has woven fabrics as its cover. An introductory article written by Lhaba Puncog, chief of the China Tibetology     

The Influence of Tibetan Buddhism on Contemporary Mongolian Eco-literature——Case Studies on Xue-boGuo's Novels

Tibetan Buddhism,one of the important sects of Buddhism,is believed by a lot of researchers to have disseminated into Tibet from India,Nepal and its adjacent Han nationality congregating areas in around 7th century.The subsequent spread of Buddhism in Tibet experienced two periods of fast diffusion,during which the original Buddhist doctrine merged with Tibetan traditional culture,and a new form of religion with typical Tibetan characteristics came into being.